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LOT 2336
Pre-Columbian Anasazi Painted Ceramic Handled Jug
CIRCA 13TH CENTURY B.C.
5 3/4 in. (383 grams, 14.5 cm).
With globular body and tapering neck, strap handle to the shoulder, incised circumferential bands at the neck and painted hatching to the body. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a family collection mostly formed in the 1940s-1950s, thence by descent.
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